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Mike Rigg
He's been at the club now for nearly a year but we don't hear anything about him. Good or bad.
Has he had any influence since he has been here or has he just quietly away helped Dyche out with day to day things?
Has he had any influence since he has been here or has he just quietly away helped Dyche out with day to day things?
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Think it’s all rigged !!
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A year? How many of those days as he actually worked,he must be off sick or something.
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Over 300 people have looked at this and nobody has replied with anything they know he has done.
He could work for the KGB.
He could work for the KGB.
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How quick we have forgotten about his stunning role in signing Crouch.
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Quickenthetempo wrote:Over 300 people have looked at this and nobody has replied with anything they know he has done.
He could work for the KGB.
Maybe people clicked on it thinking your post might say something.
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Maybe?claretonthecoast1882 wrote:Maybe people clicked on it thinking your post might say something.
Maybe the people that know things about the club will be on later to give a contribution?
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He does , Kilby , Garlick , Banaskiewicz !Quickenthetempo wrote:Over 300 people have looked at this and nobody has replied with anything they know he has done.
He could work for the KGB.
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Hahaha brilliantAndingle wrote:He does , Kilby , Garlick , Banaskiewicz !
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I'm pretty sure that his role is a impossible task. It's the kind of job you get only to discover later that you can't do it so you either blag your way though or quit.
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How much do you here about any of the back room staff ? Do you know what the guy is called who runs the analytics ?Quickenthetempo wrote:He's been at the club now for nearly a year but we don't hear anything about him. Good or bad.
Has he had any influence since he has been here or has he just quietly away helped Dyche out with day to day things?
Do you know the name of sports science guy ?
How about our nutritionist ?
Our physio ?
Maybe the club has nothing to say yet on Mike Rigg. Does not mean he is not doing what he was brought here to do.
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Hid record in his current role is average at best, and at a lot lower levels than what we are at.
The sort of job I genuinely think I could do.
Your job is to watch football, and identify talent.
With TV, stats and all sorts of other things about these days it's not a specialised job it once was.
We got told to judge him on the summer window just gone, and that wasn't very fruitful and nothing or no one out of the ordinary.
He's got 2 more windows maximum IMO, but again I wouldn't be holding my breath, seems very much a yes man and someone to show look, we are trying
The sort of job I genuinely think I could do.
Your job is to watch football, and identify talent.
With TV, stats and all sorts of other things about these days it's not a specialised job it once was.
We got told to judge him on the summer window just gone, and that wasn't very fruitful and nothing or no one out of the ordinary.
He's got 2 more windows maximum IMO, but again I wouldn't be holding my breath, seems very much a yes man and someone to show look, we are trying
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Did this response sound good in your head before you posted it?TVC15 wrote:How much do you here about any of the back room staff ? Do you know what the guy is called who runs the analytics ?
Do you know the name of sports science guy ?
How about our nutritionist ?
Our physio ?
Maybe the club has nothing to say yet on Mike Rigg. Does not mean he is not doing what he was brought here to do.
It really doesn't add anything to the thread does it?
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Is that supposed to be funny ?Quickenthetempo wrote:Did this response sound good in your head before you posted it?
It really doesn't add anything to the thread does it?
I’m saying that under the current board and manager we have never heard much from anyone other than the manager and chairman....why do you think it would be any different for Mike Riggs role ?
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lets see what happens in the next two windows -if nothing then get the knives out
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Unless we hear what has changed for the better I’m not sure this will last too long. Fans ought to hear what has been achieved.
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Sorry, I must of misread you. I thought you were trying to funny.TVC15 wrote:Is that supposed to be funny ?
I’m saying that under the current board and manager we have never heard much from anyone other than the manager and chairman....why do you think it would be any different for Mike Riggs role ?
Why would I need to know the name of the nutritionist?
We have people on this messageboard that know quite a bit about the club. I was hoping they might be able to tell us things that had been going on under his influence. It's a pretty high role within the club so is of interest.
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I was saying that other than the manager and chairman we here little or nothing from any of the back room staff and nothing much about them either. I’m sure it will come up at the AGM but it’s not been their style for the last 7 yearsQuickenthetempo wrote:Sorry, I must of misread you. I thought you were trying to funny.
Why would I need to know the name of the nutritionist?
We have people on this messageboard that know quite a bit about the club. I was hoping they might be able to tell us things that had been going on under his influence. It's a pretty high role within the club so is of interest.
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You need to judge him by mistakes, as much as successes - thankfully, we don't have many.
Sometimes not signing an expensive flop is a real win as well. How much did Fulham spend again last year?
Sometimes not signing an expensive flop is a real win as well. How much did Fulham spend again last year?
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Or you could argue not strengthening our starting 11 for about 2 years could prove to be a huge mistake? And I'm aware Rigg hasn't been here for all that period before anyone points it out.blake's wand wrote:You need to judge him by mistakes, as much as successes - thankfully, we don't have many.
Sometimes not signing an expensive flop is a real win as well. How much did Fulham spend again last year?
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I thought his role wasn't necessarily to bring players in for the first team but more a talent spotter for the younger teams, I may well be wrong though !
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That's how it is at Burnley - we never hear from Martin Hodge who is our head of recruitment either, why isn't there the same interest in him?TVC15 wrote:I’m saying that under the current board and manager we have never heard much from anyone other than the manager and chairman....why do you think it would be any different for Mike Riggs role ?
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ClaretTony wrote:That's how it is at Burnley - we never hear from Martin Hodge who is our head of recruitment either, why isn't there the same interest in him?
Probably due to some getting themselves all giddy thinking 3 or 4 foreign stars who are good on FIFA were going to start arriving every window after Rigg arrived.
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Cheers - that was my point.ClaretTony wrote:That's how it is at Burnley - we never hear from Martin Hodge who is our head of recruitment either, why isn't there the same interest in him?
Not sure why after so many years people think it would be different with Mike Rigg. Not sure it’s that different at many other clubs either to be honest.
Look at the abuse Woodward has had at United in the last few years and when he spoke recently it’s the first time in ages he has done so. City, Liverpool, Chelsea etc - they do the bare minimum to meet their sky and other media requirements.
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Clearly in the business of setting up our european scouting network
Noticed his car on Harry Potts Way the other day
Had some of those flags stuck inside his back window
Exotic places such as Rhyl, Dunblane and Lahinch
Noticed his car on Harry Potts Way the other day
Had some of those flags stuck inside his back window
Exotic places such as Rhyl, Dunblane and Lahinch
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Only to play Devils Advocate with this; people might think it was going to be different with Mike Rigg as he was quite a high profile appointment into a role where we have never really had anyone previously. And given his background, experience and signings he had helped make achievable at previous clubs I think some supporters expected we would have seen some results by now.TVC15 wrote:Cheers - that was my point.
Not sure why after so many years people think it would be different with Mike Rigg.
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Spot on Vegas m8....Vegas Claret wrote:I thought his role wasn't necessarily to bring players in for the first team but more a talent spotter for the younger teams, I may well be wrong though !
One of his main roles is identifying young players for all levels at the club. From the under 16's to under 23's .... hasn't anyone actually noticed that at those levels ... just how well we are doing ... so something must be working. The next stage is to get those lads stepping up to 1st team maturity like Dwight has done. Thats not down to the "Riggster" but the coaching Staff.
The level of player transfer activity at senior level is restricted by transfer fee and wage policies by the board. Some on here need to give it a few more windows before getting the pitchforks out of mothballs.
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It’s also Riggs job to help identify players for the first team, I’m
Not saying he hasn’t done this, but we certainly haven’t signed any as of yet, January is even more difficult as we all know but we are now looking desperately in need of some first team upgrades in the next few months.
Not saying he hasn’t done this, but we certainly haven’t signed any as of yet, January is even more difficult as we all know but we are now looking desperately in need of some first team upgrades in the next few months.
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He may well have done all this (or he may have been a disaster) - the point I was making was more about the fact that the club does not work in a way where they talk about this a lot to supporters or the media and they rarely (if at all) allow the people holding these roles to speak much / do interviews etc. Nearly everything comes through the manager or the chairman.Jakubs Tash wrote:Only to play Devils Advocate with this; people might think it was going to be different with Mike Rigg as he was quite a high profile appointment into a role where we have never really had anyone previously. And given his background, experience and signings he had helped make achievable at previous clubs I think some supporters expected we would have seen some results by now.
Not saying this is right or wrong - guess it’s just the way they choose to do things.
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Identify, yes - sign, no. He, Hodge and the recruitment team will identify but they won't be signing players or even selecting them. Dyche will decide which players he wants and Garlick does the negotiating side of it.Hedontplayforyou wrote:It’s also Riggs job to help identify players for the first team, I’m
Not saying he hasn’t done this, but we certainly haven’t signed any as of yet, January is even more difficult as we all know but we are now looking desperately in need of some first team upgrades in the next few months.
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With the lack of money spent in Transfer windows its about time we invested a good 5-10 million in a good foreign scouting set up. It could turn into a similar investment to the new training ground helping the club grow and helping us look to the future.
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We have invested heavily in our recruitment both domestically and in Europe.Conroy92 wrote:With the lack of money spent in Transfer windows its about time we invested a good 5-10 million in a good foreign scouting set up. It could turn into a similar investment to the new training ground helping the club grow and helping us look to the future.
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I've heard that Mike Rigg makes a cracking brew.
Oh, and he once helped Man City sign Sergio Aguero.
Oh, and he once helped Man City sign Sergio Aguero.
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Where? Mike Rigg? Or is there scouting networks being worked on we dont know about?ClaretTony wrote:We have invested heavily in our recruitment both domestically and in Europe.
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I would imagine that we don't know about most of the work the recruitment team do.Conroy92 wrote:Where? Mike Rigg? Or is there scouting networks being worked on we dont know about?
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So what’s the problem then? Why do sign players who are past their best and usually from the league below?ClaretTony wrote:I would imagine that we don't know about most of the work the recruitment team do.
Why aren’t we signing exciting younger players who will improve us?
We either can’t identify them, are unwilling to pay the money for them or Dyche is the block by only going after what he knows? Which is mediocre past their best championship workhorses.
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Mike who?
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Which is probably why a club the size of ours is just enjoying a fifth Premier League season out of the last six.Right_winger wrote:So what’s the problem then? Why do sign players who are past their best and usually from the league below?
Why aren’t we signing exciting younger players who will improve us?
We either can’t identify them, are unwilling to pay the money for them or Dyche is the block by only going after what he knows? Which is mediocre past their best championship workhorses.
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What do folks in his role earn per annum?
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You make this thread worthwhile!Andingle wrote:He does , Kilby , Garlick , Banaskiewicz !
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Has someone left a window open?
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To be fair he could recommend any amount of players; it's all down to whether the manager wants any of them, and secondly can we attract and afford them.
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Same thought, I doubt very much his role is public facing and I don't really expect to hear from him.ClaretTony wrote:That's how it is at Burnley - we never hear from Martin Hodge who is our head of recruitment either, why isn't there the same interest in him?
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You mean like Pope Taylor Tarky Westwood JBG and Wood.Right_winger wrote:So what’s the problem then? Why do sign players who are past their best and usually from the league below?
Why aren’t we signing exciting younger players who will improve us?
We either can’t identify them, are unwilling to pay the money for them or Dyche is the block by only going after what he knows? Which is mediocre past their best championship workhorses.
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Not heard of Mr Hodge.
Heard when we signed Mr Rigg.
Nothing since.
Heard when we signed Mr Rigg.
Nothing since.
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Fairly sure I read an article not long after he’d joined saying his remit was primarily focussed on overseeing scouting and recruitment for the academy. I got the impression he was to have limited input into senior recruiting.
Not sure why people are so obsessed with him.
Not sure why people are so obsessed with him.
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So he's just like any other poster on here then? What's his username?boatshed bill wrote:To be fair he could recommend any amount of players; it's all down to whether the manager wants any of them, and secondly can we attract and afford them.
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I wonder if Rigg and Hodge are a duet, or if they have PS4 or XBOX for FIFA 20?claretonthecoast1882 wrote:Probably due to some getting themselves all giddy thinking 3 or 4 foreign stars who are good on FIFA were going to start arriving every window after Rigg arrived.
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Is that honestly the best you can come up with? Tarks and Pope aside the test wouldn’t be starting at any other premier league team.claret54 wrote:You mean like Pope Taylor Tarky Westwood JBG and Wood.
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I think Watford would bite your hand off for Chris wood he’s scored more goals this season than their complete team.Right_winger wrote:Is that honestly the best you can come up with? Tarks and Pope aside the test wouldn’t be starting at any other premier league team.